incidence

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Scrabble points
14
Words With Friends
18
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈɪn.sɪ.dəns/

Definition of incidence

7 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of something happening; occurrence.
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The act of something happening; occurrence.
  2. (countable, uncountable)The extent or the relative frequency of something happening.
  3. (countable, uncountable)The manner of falling; bearing or onus, as of a tax that falls unequally.
  4. (countable, uncountable)The striking of radiation or a projectile upon a surface.
  5. (countable, uncountable)A measure of the rate of new occurrence of a given medical condition in a population within a specified period of time.
  6. (countable, uncountable)The falling of a point on a line, or a line on a plane.
  7. (countable, uncountable)The relation between an edge of a graph and one of the vertices it connects.

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Etymology

From Middle French incidence, from Medieval Latin incidentia (“a falling upon”), from Latin incidens, present participle of incidere (“to fall upon”), from in (“on”) + cadere (“to fall”).

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